Woolworths Holdings Limited

DB:WN3 Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.2b

Woolworths Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Woolworths Holdings' CEO is Sam Ngumeni, appointed in Jun 2026, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is ZAR21.81M, comprised of 46.8% salary and 53.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.21% of the company’s shares, worth €4.66M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1 years and 5.4 years respectively.

Key information

Sam Ngumeni

Chief executive officer

R21.8m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage46.83%
CEO tenureless than a year
CEO ownership0.2%
Management average tenure1yrs
Board average tenure5.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Sam Ngumeni's remuneration changed compared to Woolworths Holdings's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 28 2025n/an/a

R2b

Sep 28 2025n/an/a

R2b

Jun 29 2025n/an/a

R2b

Mar 29 2025n/an/a

R3b

Dec 29 2024n/an/a

R3b

Sep 29 2024n/an/a

R3b

Jun 30 2024R24mR9m

R3b

Dec 24 2023n/an/a

R4b

Sep 24 2023n/an/a

R4b

Jun 25 2023R40mR8m

R4b

Dec 25 2022n/an/a

R4b

Sep 25 2022n/an/a

R4b

Jun 26 2022R32mR8m

R4b

Mar 26 2022n/an/a

R3b

Dec 26 2021n/an/a

R3b

Sep 26 2021n/an/a

R4b

Jun 27 2021R30mR7m

R4b

Mar 27 2021n/an/a

R3b

Dec 27 2020n/an/a

R2b

Sep 27 2020n/an/a

R1b

Jun 28 2020R13mR7m

R557m

Compensation vs Market: Sam's total compensation ($USD1.35M) is below average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD2.21M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Sam's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Sam Ngumeni (58 yo)

less than a year
Tenure
R21,812,000
Compensation

Mr. Samuel Daniel Ngumeni, MBA, BCom, AMP, also known as Sam, is Group CEO of Woolworths Holdings Limited from June 1, 2026 and was its Chief Executive Officer of Foods from 2024 to June 2026 and is its Ex...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Samuel Ngumeni
Group CEO & Executive Directorless than a yearR21.81m0.21%
€ 4.7m
Zaid Manjra
Group Finance Director & Executive Director3.1yrsR11.69m0.050%
€ 1.1m
Bradley Nitsckie
Chief Operating Officerless than a yearno datano data
Christie Koorts
Chief Digital & Technology Officer1.1yrsno datano data
Chantel Reddiar
Group Company Secretary and Director of Governance9.9yrsno datano data
Simphiwe Pato
Interim Chief Marketing Officerless than a yearno datano data
Melanie Naidu
Group People Director4.3yrsno datano data
Simon Susman
Honorary Presidentno dataR1.17mno data
Manie Maritz
Chief Executive Officer of FBH5.6yrsno datano data
Chan Pillay
Chief Executive Officer of Foodless than a yearno datano data
Sivi Pillay
Chief Executive Officer of Woolworths Financial Servicesno datano datano data
Steven Cook
Chief Executive Officer of The Country Road Group1yrno datano data
1.0yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: WN3's management team is not considered experienced ( 1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Samuel Ngumeni
Group CEO & Executive Director12.5yrsR21.81m0.21%
€ 4.7m
Zaid Manjra
Group Finance Director & Executive Director2.7yrsR11.69m0.050%
€ 1.1m
Belinda Earl
Independent Non-Executive Director7.1yrsR2.46mno data
Clive Thomson
Independent Non-Executive Chairman7yrsR2.98m0.0011%
€ 24.2k
Nolulamo Nobambiswano Gwagwa
Independent Non-Executive Director1.8yrsR600.00kno data
Itumeleng Kgaboesele
Independent Non-Executive Director1.9yrsR728.00k0.0012%
€ 26.8k
Thembisa Dingaan
Independent Non-Executive Director7.4yrsR1.28mno data
Christopher Colfer
Independent Non-Executive Director7.1yrsR2.81mno data
Rob Collins
Independent Non-Executive Director3.8yrsR2.29mno data
Lwazi Bam
Independent Non-Executive Director3.3yrsR1.25mno data
5.4yrs
Average Tenure
57.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: WN3's board of directors are considered experienced (5.4 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/08/14 22:24
End of Day Share Price 2026/08/14 00:00
Earnings2025/12/28
Annual Earnings2025/06/29

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Woolworths Holdings Limited is covered by 20 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Darren CohnAbsa Bank Limited
Michael MalkounArqaam Capital Research Offshore S.A.L.
Uluntu NdamaseAvior Capital Markets